# Incident 19960507017229I: Cessna 310L, Los Alamitos, CA, May 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1996, 17:03 local time
- Place: Los Alamitos, CA
- Airport: Los Alamitos Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7969° N, 118.0612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Alamitos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7969&lon=-118.0612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3305X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3305X-2013-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 299 total, 31 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960507017229I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: EN ROUTE FROM RAL TO SNA, THE PILOT PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING. HE GOT TWO GREEN LIGHTS FOR THE MAIN GEAR, BUT NONE FOR THE NOSE GEAR. THEY DID A LOW APPROACH AND SNA ATCT CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE IN A FULLY EXTENDED POSITION. THE PILOT OPTED TO DEPART SNA AND TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM OVER THE WATER. HE DID THIS FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND RAN THE RIGHT MAIN TANK DRY. HE WAS UNABLE TO GET A RESTART ON THE R/AUX. TANK WHICH WAS FULL. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT SLI WHICH WAS THE NEAREST AIRPORT AT THAT POINT. UPON ROLLOUT THE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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